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Flash/program ECM/ECU to eliminate PATS query???

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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 08:48 AM
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Flash/program ECM/ECU to eliminate PATS query???

Man oh man... After 205k fairly trouble free miles (engine rebuild at 130k), my '99 Expy is putting me through the ringer!!!

Latest fiasco was a flashing "theft" light that left us stranded waaaaay out of town... Now after sitting 2 weeks with the battery dead, the truck fires right up... During the initial investigation I ran across info that "something" ECU? ECM? can be flashed/software recoded to eliminate the PATS query... There was a member who offered this service... Now I can't find the info... Possibly it was on the F150 forum too...

Does anybody know ???

For info on the specifics of the no-start flashing theft light fiasco, details are here...

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post15253713

Thanks for your help!!!
 
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 10:11 AM
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Multiple threads for the same issue muck up the board and confuse the issue.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 11:09 AM
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Multiple threads for the same issue muck up the board and confuse the issue.
Sorry to muck up the boards... Merge if desired.. I thought they were two different avenues to the same problem...

Apologies...
 
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